May the Lord rest Mr. Adhok soul in eternal peace. My prayers goes out to his children and those loved ones left behind. Mr. Adhok's discriptive music had always been a life touching instrument in my personal life's journey; even though I grew up in foreign countries, his music kept me connected to my birthplace. He will be greatly missed.

Very Respectfully,

Miss Benane Akurkuch

I would like to send my condolences and prayers to the family of our beloved brother late John Adhok.This is a great loss for Chollo community and South Sudan as well. May Almighty God rest the soul of our beloved brother in eternal peace.Thanks

Jwothab Wanh Othow

To John Adhok's family I am sending my deepest sympathy and condolence for our great lost. No words can describe what you are all going through, my thoughts and prayers are with you at this tragic time God Bless you all.
Really Words cannot alone express how sorry I am to hear this news.
In point of fact the entire South Sudan and Chollo Nation in particular will miss him greatly and never forget John Adhok an Utmost Poet and lyricist
He will always remain in our thoughts, may he rest in peace.

Thokowj Wad Aywal

On behalf of the PAE-BEN & PACHODA Association, I write to express our deep sadness at the loss of John Adhok, we so sorry about the horrible chaos that has just happened. John Adhok was really the one who opened the door to all of Shilluk's(Collo) mines, he was a very special person and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Our heartfelt condolences & prayers go out to John family and friends. Peace and love to all those who knew this amazing man.

Akic Adwok Lwaldeng
(UK)

تعازينا لاسرة الفنان جون اضوك اينما وجدوا نسال الرب ان يعطيهم القوة والصبر لتحمل مصابهم اننا ونقول لهم اننا جميعا قد فجعنا برحيل جون من هذه الدنيا لانه بحق كان علما من اعلام شلو لقد كان الفقيد طيلة الفتره التي قضاها في هذه الدنيا مناضلا ومتصديا لهموم مجتمعه عن طريق فنه نسال الله ان يشمله بملكوته . الرب اعطى والرب اخذ فليكن اسمه مباركا

"Since from the ground you were, to it you will return
". Amen.
My condolence to his family. May merceful God have mercey for his soul to rest in heaven, our original home.

My Condolence to the decease family, siblings
And the friends, this is a tragically sadness news indeed for all the Chollo in wherever they are. it is devastating and heartbreaking .
Late John Adhok is known by all Chollo through is beloved songs that are always very educative and also let our culture be strong. His songs legacy wouldn’t diminish in our heart and mind.
He will always be remembered as a hero of all time during the struggle of Junubiin, who did not give up encouraging those confronting enemies in the combats, he also been discouraging those who wanted to sell their identity for survival.
May our prayers be heard by God that his soul rest in peace. Amen

Otor

My dear late Uncle John Adhok,

If we could bring you back again,
For one more hour or day,
We’d express all our unspoken love;
We’d have countless things to say.

If we could bring you back again,
We’d say we treasured you,
And that your presence in our lives
Meant more than we ever knew.

If we could bring you back again,
To tell you what we should,
You’d know how much we miss you now,
And if we could, we would.

You were a great teacher for all seasons,
you were like spring who nurtures new green sprouts,
encourages and leads them, whenever they have doubts.

Like Summer, whose sunny temperament makes studying a pleasure,
preventing discontent.

Like Fall, with methods crisp and clear,
Lessons of bright colors and a happy atmosphere.

Like Winter, while it’s snowing hard outside,
Keeping students comfortable, as a warm and helpful guide.

Teacher John Adhok, you did all these things,
With a pleasant attitude;
You’re a teacher for all seasons,
And you have my gratitude!

You're in a better place right now than you've ever been before;
All pain is gone; you're now at rest;
Nothing troubles you anymore.

It’s we who feel the burden of
Our sadness and our grief;.
We have to cry, to mourn our loss,
Before we get relief.

We know we’ll reconnect with you
At the end of each life’s road;
We’ll see your cherished face again
When we release our earthly load.

We will miss you. May God rest your soul in peace..

see the wisdom of God, I have been listening to his song of separation of south from the north just y/day,and i was linking it with the calls these days for endorsement of the referendum bill.may almighty Got rest his soul in peace.

Wø kwaja Wïye Jwøk Ayïmø kipa “Lööngø ka ba Acägi thyew ena aløgi Jøn Adhøg." wiy Wëye yömi gen bøli Jwøk ki mërø… Jwøk bene En ayïe di tegø men thöthi wa ki Acägi geki Löögø me pärri ki “Jøn Adhøg”… wiy kïïje opidhi yi Jwøk Ayïm ki mërø, yödi dël geki nëni… may his beloved children raise in peace and success in this mysterious world… may God safeguard them in his mighty hand for protection… may we pray for him and the children he has left behind… in God’s name we pray – Amen!

de war, canada

All my dear Collo people,
How sad for all of us at this time to lose a great man as John Adhok. John Adhok has been a great teacher to our society especially the generation of today. Mr. Adhok has never been afraid to tell the truth through his wonderfull songs, reminding us how important for every Collo to remain as a Collo even if he doesn't have mark on his head.
My sincere sympathy and prayers goes to his dear children and his sister Elizabeth Adwok and her family in Austrailia.
We will miss John Adhok phisically but his teachings will remain in us forever. May the good Lord Jesus have mercy on his soul and grant him eternal life.

Francis Nyawello Chan

Among Shilluk acclaimed poets, John Adhok was the most diverse and prolific poet he wrote romantic, patriotic and eulogistic musical songs, in all of these we see a kind of spontaneous overflowing of the personality, his well of creation in which he reaches down deep into himself to produce his poems.
Listening to John Adhok song, you will never stop finding new things in it, new pleasures and delights, and also new ideas about yourself and the world.

In one of his song titled Thawo yej ywang [Weeping Tree ] he talks about a tree bemoan because its being cut down so that its leafs, fruits and seeds could be eaten, its branches are used in every imaginable aspect in village life .
Today one might argue that Shilluk land is like a weeping tree.
John Adhok was a fighter with a purpose who knew his battle ground pretty well he was the pride of his clan Kwakeelo as well as the entire Shilluk land.

It is with profound grieve to received the news of his death my prayer goes to his orphans. May God almighty rest his soul with saints and angles in heaven.
Sincerely,
Peter Bedepiny

Death respects no one. Death is impersonal, cold, and just so … final. We were saddened to learned about the death. A great man, We are completly shocked at the suddeness of the demise of our brother.
May God give him eternal rest and may his soul rest in peace!
But, why God takes the life of good servant, and livig leaving the wrongdoers?

when late Henry Chol (wa nyaluwad)died, our art & cultural doctor (John Adhok)said,(Akeyal ki kely jodi kwong Akath)meaning that one among the cultural heros has gone.
If that is what he said about WA NYALUWAD,then he was the father/doctor of collo art and culture. May our mighty God rest his soul in enternal peace.

I sugest to Collo art & cultural association that his death day be recognized as collo art & cultural day yearly. As an honor to fallen art/cultural heros for the cultural art, heritage & legacy they left. may we remember them and their families in our prayers .

Who shall speak for collo people?

I was always amazed and admired my uncle John Athok’s (Orap (Spider) his nick name) maturity. He was truly a wise legend beyond his years and everyone felt comfortable listing to him singing not only for collo but for all southern when he was a Fashoda`s jazz first singer. John always remained calm and I never saw him lose his cool.
Our grief and sadness is for his family and ourselves in many ways. We know that our lives will not be as complete now that we come to terms with the fact that John can no longer be a part of us.

We will truly miss his presence and that is terribly painful.
We will miss his sense of humor -poignant songs and poetry that often came from no where, but always captured the situation perfectly .
We will miss his pride -Pride in his incredible legacy for Collo heritage--Pride in words.

He would absolutely glow when talking about the collo in his poetry and culture .
we will describe his qualities forever; to reflect on his loss we think of hopes unfulfilled and goals unaccomplished, but that would be a mistake. We must focus on what John accomplished during his time with us.

Now he rests in honored glory. He shares the rest of eternity with our Savior, in whom his faith was well placed. He is at complete and total peace.
The burden remains for us to go forward to document poetry culture for all collo poets like Jago Akok& Henry Chol… etc… .That is worthy of their sacrifice.

His poetry and songs will continue speaking to us that is his gift.
God bless, and may his grace and mercy envelop him for all days

Great man is gone,my condolence to his orphans,family and entire Collo.John! you will remain in the memory of this generation through your great songs of teaching,and this memory will continue to generation and generations to come. may God almiighty rest your soul in peace. Amen.

I want to extend my sincere condolences to the entire family of the late John Adhok and all friends wherever they are.It's really a great loss for our community and the Sudan as whole. John Adhok you have been a visionary person, you predicated many things that could happen to our community in the future; and now we are facing some of these challenges. You tried very hard through your songs to alert, to correct, and to courage people. Actually, you did your part and we are very grateful for that. Your legacy and the heritage you left will tell the generation to come what kind of a person you were. We will miss you so much, but we also know that death is part of the human beings life. May the God Almighty rest your soul in peace, and be with the left orphans.

Sabino Diok

It's really a great lost to Sudan,South Sudan, and Collo in particular.John has been known for his novlist style in his songs.
He was a true leader and social reformer.
He has inspired alot of these generation by his optimistic for the better future which people should have fought for quote "piny beed ka boul" and I don't know if our leaders did understand what he speaks about.
May God bless his family and protect them from the evil one.

I have had an opprtunity of attending the cermony of bidding fare-well to our singer and artist, Late: John Odhok Awejok. It was held at his house in El-Haj-Yousif (Shiggla), a suberb of Khartoum North. The number of the crowds was so amazing and showed how dear and be loved the man was.
One of his greatest songs I personally admired is "the Indpendence"; in which he said the strengh of our nation (Sudan)is in God, and that how far we are bckward, we can not accept colonization".
He was out spoken about the corruption, nepotisim, brotherization, sisterization and social malpractices such as "gossiping", "lack of unity", and the work against our unity.
We shall always remember him through his sharpened words and art legacy. May his soul rest in peace and condoloences to the family and our entire muscians and artists.

Kimo Ajing Aba

I would like to extend my sympathy, condolences and prayer to the left behind children of our beloved John Adhok. Your beloved dad has had been a positive educator, not just for you, but for all of us. Therefore, his lost will be a burden to all entire Collo’s Community. As it said “ Death and life are in the power of the tongue.”(proverbs 18:12) To me John’s tongue was a positive power in our life. He had the power to change our life simply by the words he spoke. He will be remembered by his words through his songs, which we have today in every collo’s family wherever they are, may the almighty God rest his soul in peace.

My condolences and sympathy to the family/children of our late uncle JOHN ADHOK and may our Lord Jesus Christ give them all his wisdom and rest his soul in peace for ever.
Amen

The Lord give and the Lord take may his holy name be glorified.
Yes indeed we have lost our dear one.